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THE ASSOCIATED . PRESS DISPATCHES LAST EDITION 4:00 P.M. Weather rorecast: Unsettled; Occasional showers. VOL. XV. NO. 104. ASHEVILLE, N. C. THURSDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 9, 1910. le PIE COPY ncuous Figures in Sugar Fraud Case Swedish Bishop Here on a Visit s Going to ItiK'krortl. Ills., to Attend (Voliloii Jubilee of Swedish Luth eran Synod of This Country. 177 IV.,. . i REPUBLICANS UTAH n TERM At END J". P. POOLE -aB Rev. R.F. Campbell, D.D. Deliver ed Most Interesting Address on Gen. Robert E. Lee. THOSE WHO TODAY LEFT SCHOOL AS GRADUATES One of the Most Pleasing Programs in History of the High School Carri ed Out Graduates Com pose Class of 1 0. The commcncemenf exercises this morning at the High school were at tended by a large audience made up of the friends of the graduates and patrons of tho school. The wall space hack of the platform, where the pu pils of the High school were seated, was adorned with the school's new motto in latin, black lettering on a red ground, "We fly with our own wings." The program began with an Invoca tion by Dr. Detwller. A stirring cho rus by the school "Forward," followed. Charles Craig Milliard delivered the salutatory "Jacob Rlis. the Philan thrnplsl," In a pleasing manner, showing appreciation of his subject anil careful preparation. Mr. Milliard won the second honors of the class. The Glee club followed with the cho ruses, "John Peel," a North country song, and "Tho Mldshlpmate," by Stephen Adams. A uplendldly de claimed oration In Latin, "Exordium from Cicero's first oration against Catiline" was given by Clayton Taylor Rogers, showing the young man's scholarship and mastery of bis Latin studies. The Mendelssohn club sang two tuneful numbers, "Twelve by the Cock," by Charles Ml Lloyd and i "Mother Goose Medley'1 by Josephine Sherwood. Following- Miss ' Rosslo Ityrnn Keed, who wen the first honors, delivered the valedictory, "My Hero ' Ins, Helen Keller."''' Misa Heed's es say was well written and brought out the Influence upon her own life, the Inspiring example of her chosen hero. in. The High school chorus, "The Lord Is (;reat," by Felix Mendelssohn, was splendidly sung by the High 1 school chorus. Ii Campbell's address was follow ed by the unveiling of the bust of Jtobert K. Lee, by little Miss Euphe mia Collins, and at the Instant that the Confederate flag that draped the stntue fell the school rone and sang Kipling's "Recessional". The exer cises closed with the awarding of th certificates by Dr. John Hey Williams, a new member of the school commit tee and the benediction by Dr. Camp bell. The Graduates. The graduates are: Pauline Divings, Kalph Frank, Myrtle Oudger, Resale Reed. Catherine Beadles, Henry Lind say, Charles Hilllard, John Williams, Clayton Rogers and Dorothy Long. Dr. Campbell's Address. A particular pleasing feature of the graduating exercises was the unveiling f a bust of Robert E. Lee. Hon. Locke Craig waa to have made the ad dress at the unveiling but court en gagements prevented his doing so and at a late hour last night Rev. R. F. ampbell, D. D., waa called upon to ake his place. Dr. Campbell began his address by saying that this was the second time recently that he had been called upon to act as a substitute. iie defined a substitute as a man who doesn't take the place of the "other," and as an example said Postum Cereal Is advertised aa a aubstitute for coffee but no one would claim that It takes the place of it, and "I cannot," he uid. "take the place of Mr. Craig In making this address. Having thus de predated myself," Dr. Campbell con tlnued: "I will now say that I wish to "'I this audience that I am a very uistlngulshed man. I will prove that to you. l suspect I am the only per son present possibly who has seen Own. Leo. w hen 1 was a boy of about Ave years of age Oen. Lee accepted the Position of president of Washington university. My father was then a pro lessor in that college, : I presumo 1 am the only person present who has fre quently and repeatedly seen Oen. Lee. This ram about because Oen. Lee durlr.f the five yean, between his ac cepting tha nrviM.ni. a nA him rtnulh h lived part of the time next door ana the rest of the time two doors from r miner. Bo, I claim that I am a ery distinguished man because I nave many reminiscences of General obert E. It. I remember him Particularly (,ne morning when I had Climbed UDOl ton nt mtt annl. viinn from whlcli my father waa buying "ume PPies. Ha wore a suit i ; gray tweed which fitted him perfectly and harmonised with both hla hair and xard. He generally wora black and Possibly It waa because he waa In gray this morning that he waa tan pressed upon my memory. I remem ber that he had on Oxford tlea. John ; Wse, In his book The End of an arm, aaya mat Lee was tha most impressive looking man ha aver taw; and It waa Von Moltke who declared that Lsa waa tha rt..t trnrl h had ever Been and he had seen Bis narclt. Vet, h declared. Lea the most Impressive looking man he had aver seen. Ha certainly waa the most "pressive figure I ever saw. Now, to prove to you that 1 am a very alstln. mm 1 will also state that I Continyed oo page aeveo. - Three More Sugar Frauds Are Known, Says Stimson in Trial Against C. R. Heike. . , J New York, June 9. The f conspiracy trial of Charles It. Heike, w rotary of (lie Anicr lean Sugar llcflulng company, . will conic to a clone this af- 4 4 tcrnooii, following Humming; JL up arguments by counsel. M New York. June 8. At tho trial of C. It. Heike, secretary uml treasurer of tho American Sugar compuny, churged with conspiring l.i defraud tho government through the under weighing of sugur on the piers of the comitany ut Williamsburg, Henry L. Stimson, special prosecutor, declared yesterday that throe frauds have been perpetrated on. the piers of the com pany since Novmcbcr 20, 1907, the date when Richard Parr discovered the famous steel spring and unearth ed the underweighlng frauds. Mr. Ktlmson's assertion came when he objected to the testimony of Ed ward Foster, auditor of the sugar company, who declared there have been instances of liberal weighing on the part of the government weighers on ttie Havemeyers & Elder piers. Mr. Stimson objected to the evidence and said: "There were three other frauds af ter November SO, 1907, on the Wil liamsburg piers, and if this sort of testimony is allowed the government will have to enter evidence, to prove that these fraudulent weighings went on even after November 20, 1907, the date of the government raid." The defense for Mr. Heike rested at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon and court waa adjourned for the day. The case was resumed this morning, and it Is expected that it will go to the Jury before night. Yl DEMAND H FAIR DEAL Address a Communication to Congress; to the Shippers and to the People. New York. June 9. The general executive committee of the railway business association which within Its membership represojits $800,000,000 of Invested capital and which speaks for a group of employers giving em ployment to 1,600,000 worklngmen and upon which 6,000,000 people dc- pond for support, met here yesterday and ut the close of Us session gave out a statement In chief aa follows, ad dressed to congress, to the railways, shippers and to the public, asking whether the railroads are entitled to a general advance In freights which Is now before the public: ''The merits of individual rates will come lefore the Interstate commerce commission and during the period of uncertainty as to whether rates filed are reasonable, or otherwise, there will he a disturbance of usual condl tlons. It Is therefore ot the greatest importance that the' way shall be cleared for thu sped lest possible, de termination by tho commission. To that end thu business association up peala: "I. To congress: That that presi dent, having recommended a provis ion governing the power of the Inter state commerce commission over freight rate charges, such provision to be enacted forthwith to go Into ef feet upon Its passage. My this rec- ommendatlon of the president the powers and duties of the commission are to be greatly enlarged and in this emergency It la conceded that the approval of thousands of freight rates must ba given by the commission be fore effectuation. It Is deemed prop er therefore to urge that aerloua at tention be given the organisation upon which the Immense demand for In creased output la to be made. Nothing could le more, disastrous to the rail roada and all the commerce and au thority of our country than to stake all that la proposed to be staked upon the tha commission, only to nnd that with ita appropriation It cannot do the work within a reasonable time. We urge that such appropriation aa may be found necessary be made to ena ble the commission to cope with their Increased duties. ' "I. To the railways: - .That they facilitate the work of th commission hy having their schedules so arrang- (C'ontlnued on page 4) A HEART-RENDING .STORY OF THE SEA ' Captain of Barkentine "Good News," His Daughter; Nine Men, Composing Crew; Dog and Cat, Picked Up 405 Miles at Sea in Nick of Time Terrific Fight for Life. Norfolk. June 23. Atter three duys In a terrilic tight for1 life in two small boats 405 miles out In the Atlantic ocean, Miss Elizabeth Eriksson, her father, Captain P. A, Eriksson; nine men composing the crew, two dogs and cat, who were rescued in the nick of time by the British steamer Metis, after having abandoned their barkentine Oood News of Philadel phia, are today rejoicing at again being able to set foot on land. It is a thrilling and heart-rending tale of the sea that Captain Eriksson and his crew tell. Struck by a heavy storm the Good News' sprung a leak. Italy's Premier Insists On "Religious Freedom Madrid. June 9. At the cabinet session presided over by King Alfonso, premier Cunalejus demanded that the government Inaugurate a religious SENATE ADOPTS THE- T River and Harbors Bill Vote Was 45 to 12 Agreed This Morning to Take it up Today. Washington, Juno 8. The confer ence report on the rivers and harbors bill was adopted In the sunute this af ternoon 42 to 13. Agreed to Vole Totluy. In taking up tho conference report on the river uml hurbor appropria tion bill, upon convening today, the aenate Immediately agreed to vote upon tho report this uftcrnon before adjournment. KING AND QUEEN RETURN FROM SCENE EARTHQUAKE Tlie King Uava Instruction That Kv , erythlng Pow-iblo be Done for Sufferer. ' . Home, June t. King Victor Em manuel and Queen Helena returned today from Avelllno province where they visited the scene of the recent earthquake, liofore leaving Culltrl tha king Issued Instructions that ev erything possible be done for the re lief ot the sufferers, Midshipmen Kail for England. Norfolk, June . Rear Admiral Clark's squadron, having aboard 600 midshipmen from the United Htatri Naval academy, sailed from Hamp ton llonds for Plymouth, Knglnnd, today. All hands remaining continuously at the pumps, failed to keep her ulloat and at noon. June 3, me ship waR abandnned. The captain's (laughter showed great bravery, and after the Oood News went to the bottom she cheered the men. AtHimes it seemed as though the two little boats contain ing the rescued would be swamped by huge waves during the three days uml three nights of awful suspense. A shurp lookout was kept for the ap proach of any passenger vessel. Mon day, June (1, the Metis hove In sight. Soon the Metis was alongside nnd the exhausted crew was taken aboard. program by the recognition of abso lute freedom of conscience through the abrogation of all Imperial de crees Inhibiting public services of non-Catholic religious bodies. ANOTHER RULES FIGHT Will Be "Pulled Off About Time of Roosevelt's Return The Question. Washington, Juno . Another rules light Is expected on the floor of the house about the time Theodore Itoosevelt returns. The contest It Is said will be over the adoption of a rule to permit the housa to discharge any committee when In consideration of a measure pending before it. This would permit the house lo consider any bill before any of the committees, and would rstop any committee from blocking legislation. i'W Starker at Gettysburg;. Gettysburg. Pa., v June . Fifty nine handsome granite monuments with bronxe tahleta are being placed on Confederate avenues to take the plai of the Iron battlefield markers which have marked positions ot southern brigades at Qettaburg. The new brigade marker eost approxi mately $500 each. Later 100 markers will be erected along tha union lines. Students EwN! Fire In Night Clothes i Norwalk, Conn., June . Fire caused $(S000 damage ut the Overlook Selleck Military academy yesterday, forcing many of the 75 students to escape In their night clothe. Dank of England Reduce Hate. London, June I. The Bank of England's rate discount was reduced from three, and ono-hnlf to three per cent, today. Will not Consult Democrats on Railroad Bill Until They Ten tatively Reach Some Agreement. FIRST CONFERENCE ON BILL WAS HELD TODAY President Wants Changes Made in the Bill Insists That Supervising ot Securities Be Inserted. Washington. June !. The first con ference on the railroad bill was held this morning. It is understood thai the democratic members will not he willed in until the republicans tenta tively reach an agreement. Can'l laN Provision. Senate leaders told President Tall there was little chance of passing through the senate the provision in the house railroad bill providing for supervision of the issuance of stocks anil bonds by the interstate com merce commission. It is said that the senate democrats oppose this par agraph on the ground that it would infringe on state rights. i:iliangc of Views. Several exchanges of views between Senators Klklns and Aldrlch anil Rep resentative .Mann of Illinois, prepara tory to a focmal conference on the administration railroad bill were re ported yesterday. Senators Aldrich and Crane visitnl the White House and talked with the president lust night concerning changes which he might desire In the senate bill which practically was approved by him in his message to congress. The president indicated that there were two changes he would like to see made in the bill lu addi tion to the elimination of the Ii0-day clause of the paragraph giving the Interstate coirtmeree commission pow er to investigate and suspend new rates. Mr. Taft is anxious that the house provision for u supervision of the issuance of stocks and bunds by railroad companies should be accom plished by the senate. lie regards this feature of the bill as one of'the pledges of the party and he does not agree with the position of many of tho senators that such a provision could be construed as Interfering with state's rights. The president believes that the ten months allowed the Interstate com merce commission in which to Inves tigate rates before acting on them is entirely too long u period. The pres ident's experience with the law has been that where a specified length of time is allowed a tribunal It general ly is availed of. The house bill al lows 120 days. President Taft thinks six months 'would lie a better period. As to the supervision of stocks and bonds, however, the railroads will vigorously oppose the putting of any such provision In the bill. The general understanding Is that the senate and house leaders will get together on the subject mutter to be taken from the two bills before ac tion Is taken formally hy the con ferees. If this course Is pursued it Is likely that the only question which would lie voted upon In the two houses would be for the adoption or the rejection of the conference re port. Insurgent members of both the senate anil house fenr to have the subject come before them in that manner, as they think It would give too great an opportunity for the elim ination of progressive features incor- Lporatcd in the senate bill through un alliance between democrats and in surgents. At an Informal conference f Insurgents senators pletiged them selves to light against the adoption of n conference report which took away any of the advantages which they claimed to have forced Into the bill. SAYS PRESIDENT TUFT OFFERED HIIUI II REBUFF Representative Harrison, Headed 0cle gallon of Jewish Rabbics Which President Declined to See. I Washington, Juno 9. representa tive Francis llurton Harrison, demo crat, of New York, said at the Capitol this afternoon thut he received a re buff at the White house from Presi dent Taft. Mr. Harrison escorted a delegation of Jewish rabbles to the White house to talk with the president about using his good offices to pre vent the massacret of Jews lu Kussla. After waiting some time In the ante room, it la aald that the president de dined to see him. Asked what reason actuated the president, Mr, Harrison. "I have none to glva. You might inquire of the president." Vaiulerhllt'a "Overnight" Won, parla, June . At Chantllly W. K, Vanderbllt'a "Oversight" won Prix La Kochett for four year olda $8.00; distance, two miles six longs, fur EXSHOP VON SCHIXJjE, New York, June . Jtlshop II. V. von Seheele of Copland, Sweden, one of the 12 luthcrn bishops of tin kingdom, is in this city Tor a few days, lie is on his wuy to liockford. Ills., when; he goes to attend the golden jubilee id' the Swedish lutlicr an synod of this country, which is to be held next week. He is at the Irv ing hotel, (iramerey park. He will preaeli In the fiustavtis Adolphus Lutheran church. East Twenty-second street, near Orainerey park. The Smcdish ministers of the city gave a dinner in his honor recently. The bishop recently was in Wash ington, where he gave to President Taft u special message from the King of Sweden. Ili hail an hour's inter view with the president. Ir. von Seheele has been to this country before. In 18!U he attended the one hundred and fiftieth anniver sary of Vale, and he delivered an ad dress in Ijitin tor the 30 foreign bish ops present. S OUT LONG FLIGHT Aviator Talks About Things to Come and Selects Landing Place in Philadelphia. New York, June 9. Leaving his aeroplane behind, Charles K. Hamil ton traveled by train to Philadelphia yesterday, where he selected a spot on which he expects to land at the; end of his flight from New York next Saturday. The lauding place Is a small field within the citj limits and close to the Pennsylvania railroad tracks. It will be marked by flags, so that the avia tor may lie able to locate it as he ap proaches the city, but there Is some thing more than u possibility thut if everything works well the young aviator will not stop in Philadelphia. urn merely circle over me ncia anu j return to New York without landing. That part of the performance, how ever, will depend altogether upon the) working of the motor, the supply of i gasoline and many other conditions, mechanical and meterologkal, which have to do with Hying. He will start from Van Courtlundt park, us early in the morning as pos sible, II v down the Hudson river, over the Pennsylvania station In Jersey City a nil then follow the line of the 1 railroad to Philadelphia. That is the present program, but it is subject to change. Mr. I la iiiilloii said last night thai his nip to Philadelphia yesterday was one of the most interesting of his life, "bei i life," said he, "It was the first time a man ever rode over that line nnd gnxed out of the car window with the purpose of laying out a dying ma chine course. No one on the train knew me or Imagined what my Journey meant. anil us I rode along I fell to speculat ing as to what might follow this trip if mine within a few years. Human Might in so much further advanced han most people imagine. It almost startles one at time to picture what Is a short way ahead. Hut I'll leave that to the poets. All I have to nay is that I expect to go to Philadelphia next Saturday, by air faster than 1 went today by rail." Mr. Hamilton will devote the next two days to repairing and strengthen lug the old Curliss biplane, now at Minnoga. nnd probably will do a little practice work the latter part of the week. Me may fly from the Hemp stead Plains to Van Cortlandt park to save the expense and bother of dismantling the machine and reas sembling It at the etartinr point. DVTY TO UK IMPOSED ON VVVP AXD PRINTIXU I'APEK Washington, June 9. Pulp and printing paper manufactured from wood cut on Crown lands in the Que bec province, prior to May 1, last. Is subject to a countervailing duty of 2 cent per cord, or Ita equivalent or SS cents ton. In the manufactured state, aa print paper, aa provided by the new tariff law, according to the treasury department s decision today. Will Beniove, Work House, Washington, June .The District of Columbia work house will be re moved next month to near Loipm, HAMILTON IP forlVa. ' Four .hundred prisoners will -be - 1 put to, work quarrying stone for the I gnvernmeuV use. ALL TAKEN UP . I American Tobacco Co. and the State's Bankers, to Rescue, Eliminate Necessity for Extra Session. BANKERS SUBSCRIBE FOR $1,000,000 IN SHORT TIME Governor Kitchin Pleased Over the Re sultFinal Bids Were Opened Today Over 100 Bank ers Prticnf. Kpecial to The Gazette-News. llaleigh, June 9. The. crisis is imag ed and there will be no special ses sion of the legislature. Treasurer Irficy announced last night, following the meeting of the bankers, and hnv- init the bid for the stale refund bonds made by the American Tobacco com pany, that the bonds had been over subscribed. The llnal bids were ouoii- etl today, which brought the over suliseription to a higher sum. Treas urer lmv said it required less than un hour fur the hankers lo subscribe for an aggregate of $1,045,500. There were 100 bankers here, representing towns from Ashevllle to the coast. (loverin.r Kitchin wns pleased over the result of the conference, declar ing that It was u source of special gratification to him thut the bankers responded so generally and adequate ly to the appeal, their action having removed the necessity for the extra sets ion. J E Mr. Taft's Course Is Approved by Re publicans in LaFollette's Home State. Milwaukee, Wis., June 9. Presi dent Taft's administration is strongly endorsed in the plutform unanimously adopted ut the- closing session of the republican state convention this morn ing. FATAL TRAIN WRECK Fast Mail Leaves Track and Plunge into Manufacturing Plant Three . Dead; 12 Injured. St. Louis. June 9. Three men were killed ami 12 Injured early this morn ing when the iron Mountain fast mall K-'t 'he tracks near here and crash ed Into n manufacturing plant. The dead and Injured were members of the train crew. The train carried no pussengers. f our Killed In Collision. 1 luverstrnw. N. Y.. June . Four people were killed and one seriously Injured when a locomotive struck a coach returning from a funeral. The Killed and Injured. The victims are: William Hecbe. Hev. A. J Itomath, pastor Mnthodlst church; Mr. and Mrs. E. V. Blefrted. of New York, killed, and Mrs. Mary Kei-slcr critically Injured, ' All live were in the coach returning from it funeral where the burial ser vice was in charge of Mr. Komuth The accident occurred at the West Hlinre railroad crossing on West Hide avenue. Death Sentence Commuted. ltlchmonil, June Governor Mann today commuted the death aentence of CuHin Johnson, Eugene Oorsey and IMchard Pines, Alexandria ne groes, to life Imprisonment. They with Henry Smith, recently electro cuted, were charged with murdering Walter Bchulte. a Chicago artist. Smith, upon whose testimony the men were convicted, waa shown to be a perjurer. THE WEATHER. ; K i I 1 . For Ashevllle and vicinity: Unset tled weather, with occasional showers tonight and Friday. For North Carolina: Showers to night and Friday. Light to moderate east and southeast winds. Kir George Newnes Dead. London. June I. Kir George Newnea, founder of the Westminster Uaxelte, Tlt-Plts and the Strsnd 'air nine, Is dead; sued IS. ADMIN1STRA IS I